Center for Process Studies

Its range of interests also includes scientific, philosophical, multicultural, feminist, interreligious, political, and economic concerns; with a strong focus on ecology and sustainability.

Intercultural appreciation and understanding is a component of the common good that can be fostered by viewing and discussing excellent films produced around the world.

P&F creates non-technical educational resources for clergy and laypersons of all faiths, including short-term courses and an online quarterly magazine Creative Transformation.

Through feature articles, book reviews, critical studies, and special focus sections, the journal engages in advancing the discussion of process thought and its applicability across disciplines.

Process Studies Supplement, an electronic publication available through the CPS website, makes available articles too long for the regular journal format.

[3] The library's approximately 2,400 books, 750 dissertations, and 12,000 articles comprise the world's largest collection of writings in the Whiteheadian-Hartshornean tradition of process thought.

The library has thematic bibliographies to guide researchers to process scholarship in over 300 areas, such as aesthetics, biblical studies, ecology, economics, education, ethics, feminist theory, metaphysics, natural sciences, psychology, theology, and world religions and philosophies.

Papers by the CPS co-directors and others, including Alfred North Whitehead, Charles Birch, John Spencer, and Daniel Day Williams, are held in special collections.

The Center organizes conferences, seminars, and lectures on topics ranging from physics, education, and ecology to Buddhist and Chinese philosophy; from gender, race, poverty, and human rights to hermeneutics and transpersonal psychology.

They provide momentum for integrating work across sectors that leads to concrete action, including grassroots innovations, policy reform, and laying the foundations for a sustainable future.